Conditions

Dyshidrotic eczema is a type of eczema affecting the hands and feet, with deep blisters that itch intensely.

In Paget's disease the machinery that constantly renews bone goes wrong in a few particular bones.

Paget's disease of the nipple is a cancerous change in the skin of the nipple and areola, and behind it there is almost always a cancer inside the milk ducts.

The pancreas sits deep in the upper abdomen, behind the stomach. It produces the enzymes that digest food and hormones including insulin.

In Parkinson's disease the nerve cells in a small area of the brain that make dopamine gradually die off.

Patau's syndrome is a rare chromosomal condition in which a baby's cells carry a third copy of chromosome 13.

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection of the upper female genital tract: the womb, the fallopian tubes, the ovaries and the tissue around them.

Pelvic organ prolapse is when the bladder, the bowel or the womb slips downwards and pushes against the wall of the vagina, and sometimes appears outside it.

Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare autoimmune condition in which the immune system destroys the connections between cells within the upper layer of the skin and…

This is one of the rarest cancers in men. It almost always starts in the skin — a patch, a small lump or a sore on the glans or on the inner surface of the…